inundated

American  

[in-uhn-dey-tid, -uhn-] / ˈɪn ənˌdeɪ tɪd, -ʌn- /

adjective

1. flooded.

   Desperate people in the inundated areas prayed for rescue even as the waters kept rising.

2. overwhelmed by a great volume of something.

   The first congratulatory email was a high for all of us; then we got another, and another, and by the end of the day we had an inundated inbox.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of inundate.

Other Word Forms

• uninundated adjective

Etymology

Origin of inundated

inundate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Dozens of people have been receiving treatment in hospital for their injuries, say local authorities, and at least 70 homes have been inundated in the old city centre.

From BBC

Brandes says he has been inundated with calls from museum security directors seeking risk assessments since the Louvre heist.

From The Wall Street Journal

Videos on social media and verified by Storyful, which is owned by News Corp, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, show the community inundated with water and nearly covering an 8-foot tall fence.

From The Wall Street Journal

Volunteers who work on free software he maintains, a widely used program called Curl, were inundated with useless or erroneous reports.

From The Wall Street Journal

When it works, the point of using AI video interviews is to relieve the burden on companies' HR teams, who are being inundated with applications since the UK jobs market hit an all-time low.

From BBC

Related Words

• afloat
• flooded